Should Christians Be Rich? | Questions You’re Asking

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🗓️ 7 October 2020

⏱️ 13 minutes

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"We have narrowed salvation to focus only on our souls or only on individuals. And we have missed what God is doing on a cosmic level, what God is doing on a bigger level." When we think about salvation, we probably think about our souls, but it's way bigger than that. God cares about all of his creation, which includes animals and nature. We are called to be stewards of the earth and caretakers of the land. Most of us care about the environment, but we might not realize how important it is. Learn how we're supposed to care for the earth from Dr. Sandra Richter as she joins Keith and Patrick to discuss how creation fits in with the Kingdom of God. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Tim Minut Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.
0:10.0	I'm Keith Simon.
0:11.0	And I'm Patrick Miller.
0:13.0	Right now we're answering questions you're asking.
0:16.0	A lot of these are coming from our Facebook page.
0:19.0	So follow 10 minute Bible Talks on Facebook, vote on your favorite questions, or you can just
0:24.6	give your own and you might hear it right here on the podcast. Should Christians
0:29.6	be rich? How do you want the Bible to answer that question?
0:33.4	Be honest with yourself.
0:35.0	Why do you want that particular answer?
0:38.0	Okay, now that you've answered it in your own head,
0:40.0	I want you to consider this.
0:42.2	If your household income is over $100,000, you are actually in the top
0:47.2	0.66% of the richest people in the entire world. Now I know what you're thinking,
0:52.8	and be like, hey, that's not even close to what my household makes.
0:56.0	Okay, well, if you make over $40,000, then you're in the top 3.17%. How about over $10,000? Well then you're in the top 12% richest people in the world.
1:07.0	In fact, if you make over $2,000, you're in the top 20% most rich people in the world.
1:14.0	So chances are that if you're listening to this, that means you can afford the technology
1:18.9	required to listen to a podcast, which probably means that you are numbered among the 20% of the most
1:24.6	wealthy people in the world. In fact let me add one more wrinkle. When the
1:29.7	Bible talks about wealthy people what the Bible means by wealth really doesn't match
1:34.6	American standards of wealth. It's far far, far below American standards of wealth.
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